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Page SB EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Thurs., March 7, 1963 By Lane County Circuit Judge SEE YOU AT THE HOME SHOW!! FAIRGROUNDS - MARCH 7 THRU 10 SEE THE MATTRESSES FROM EUGENE'S OWN MATTRESS FACTORY Probation Called 'Best Medicine We Have' for Crime "Probation is no wonder drug that can cure crime. It is limply the best medicine we have today.". Lane County Circuit Judge Roland Rodman made that declaration Tuesday before members of the Eugene Rotary Club. "Prisons as they operate today," he said, "are an anachro nism. And I predict that in the lifetimes of many of us, pris ons will become limited to the psychopathic criminal." The concept of probation, said Rodman, is a relatively modern-day concept. Jn the United States, Massachusetts was the first state to adopt a probation law in 1B78, he said. Texas became the 48th state to adopt one in 1947. Prisons have failed to reform criminals, Rodman said. Nine teen out of every 20 prison inmates today will be freed, he said, "and three out of four of them will commit offenses again." The concept of probation followed early English common law, he said, where the rule was "an eye for an eye" and where any number of offenses were considered capital crimes. During the reign of King Henry VIII, he said, 70,000 per sons were executed in England, an average of six a day. And as late as 1800 there were still 200 offenses considered pun ishable by death. Some offenders were sentenced to 10 or 20 years in soli tary confinement. "The results were insanity, not reformation," he said. Criminal law, he said, traditionally was based on a three fold purpose: To reform, to deter others from committing similar offenses, and as retribution or revenge. The third purpose was considered a natural one under English common law. But today, said Rodman, "the over whelming majority of judges and religious leaders feel that revenge is not a part of criminal law." If that is agreed upon, he said, then the only remaining purpose of criminal law is to reform and to deter. "Yet tra ditional methods of punishment have failed in these," he said. "The severity of the sentence does not deter the criminal," Rodman said. In fact, he said, "the longer the incarceration, the more likely is the convict to commit crimes again," In Oregon, he said, a defendant may be placed on probation at the discretion of the judge, with the exception of crimes involving certain sex offenses and in some cases where there has been assault with a deadly weapon. Before a person is placed on probation, he said, a proba tion officer prepares a thorough case history of the defendant, which usually takes from three to four weeks and includes such information as a record of employment, schooling, fam ily background, personality traits and aggravating or mitigat ing circumstances. A judge places much dependence on the probation report, he said, before reaching a decision. BEST-REST MATTRESS COMPANY CORNER 2nd & POLK EUGENE DI 3-2022 Register-Guard Want Ads Get Quick Results Proponent of YCC Cites Lane Project By A. ROBERT SMITH For the Reg Ister-Uuard WASHINGTON (Special) When Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy urged Congress to authorize creation of a Youth Conservation Corps, he cited as a favorable example of success in this field an Oregon fores try work camp set up in Lane County by state and county au thorities in 1961. "Twenty boys took part," Ken nedy advised the Senate Labor Committee. "They were neither juvenile delinquents nor 'AH Americans,' but more or less average youngsters from im poverished families, who had begun to lose serious interest in I schools. "These boys worked on full- scale Forestry Department proj ects that summer clearing and pruning, thinning and park building. Officials agree that the program was a total success. The boys did one-third more work than average adult crews, according to State Forestry De partment estimates. But, most important, they all returned to school with increased enthusi asm." This was held up a a prime example of what the Kennedy Administration would liko to en courage throughout the country through a YCC program pat terned largely on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) of the Roosevelt Administration. President Kennedy has this pro posal high on his legislative priority list for 1063. This is the first major bill to be taken up in hearings by both Senate and House. Among its numerous sponsors arc Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger, Rep. Edith Green and Sen. Wayne Morse. The YCC would be composed of young men from 16 to 22 years of age who would enroll for six months at a time and serve up to two years. They would bo paid $60 per month and receive subsistence and health care. The administration wants to start with 13,000 boys the first year and build up to 60,000 in each of the next four years of the program. The YCC boys would be used for conservation work in the national forests and parks and other recreational areas primarily; but one-third of the Corps would be available for cooperative projects with the states in state parks, for example, for which the state would pay half the cost. When half the members of the Kennedy cabinet went to Capitol Hill last week to urge approval of this bill, they cited two primary reasons for reviv ing what was a depression-era program: 1. There are about 700,000 out-of-school unemployed youths, and the number is constantly rising. This is not only true in the cities but also in rural areas due to the decline in agriculture labor requirements. 2. There is a vast accumula tion of laborious tasks that would help conserve many nat ural resources and improve and extend recreational facilities for an outdoor-conscious expanding population. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, whose department would administer tho YCC program, estimates the cost per boy at $3,985 annually, not counting cost of materials used in work projects. The proposed federal budget for the coming fiscal year includes $60 million to I start the program with 15,000 boys. SEHS Junior Wins Legion Speech Test John Gillespie of Eugene, a junior at South Eugene High School, has been named district winner in an American Legion oratorial contest. He will participate Saturday in the stale competition in Port land. Gillespie, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin K. Gillespie of 2075 McMillan St., Eugene, won the right to represent the dis trict in the competition last Saturday, at competition in Eu gene. The competition held for high school students in the American Legion's District No. 3, includ ing Lane, Linn and Benton counties, was on a topic dealing with the United States Constitu tion. Gillespie, as first place win ner, received the W. Walter Stuart oratorial trophy, a new award for his school and a $25 bond. Runner-up was Edward Smith, also a junior at South Eugene High School. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Smith, 480 E. 32nd Ave., Eugene. Smith's prize was an Amer ican Legion medal. OPEN 'TIL 9 p.m. FRIDAY! Penney's ALWAYS FIRST QUALITY See it in operation at THE HOME SHOW . . HEAT PUMP READ ABOUT IT . . . The fabulous Carrier Heat Pump is explained in (lelnil in tne Alarcn issue of Headers Digest. One thermostat setting gives clean, even, fil tered heat in winter economical air con ditioning in summer. An operntitiff model will be demonstrated at our home show display get the facts on Carrier Heat Pump. 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